Unusual Circumstances Don't Negate Dad Rules

Even if you can't point out where the rules are written, you still know them. They apply no matter how unusual the circumstances. And getting old is never an excuse to ignore them.

So, the 72-year-old father has no excuse to walk away from the IVF twins he had with his 59-year-old wife ... just because he wanted boys.

And all hail to an 81-year woman, Jan Morris, for continuing as a father — even (re)marrying the woman who is the mother of their five children, 60 years after their "divorce" — rather than using gender identity questions and a sex change operation as an excuse not to be a great dad.

** Just like they say in the playground, real father's rule and fool's drool. **